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mcg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-07-05 08:40 AM
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80. No, there are nonsense, "nothing" doesn't exist, by definition.

It sounds like you don't want to come out and actually claim that something can come from "nothing", because you know it is nonsense.

If were to make this claim, then you would have to attempt to defend it.

Of course "nothing" cannot be studied, it isn't there to be studied, unless we're talking about the abstract concept calling "nothing". This reification of "nothing" is absurd, "nothing" is a shorthand in language, e.g. saying "I have nothing in my pocket." instead of saying "I don't have anything in my pocket.". It does not mean there is a "nothing" in my pocket. (and of course, there really is something in my pocket afterall, like air).

How do you get complexity from no complexity at all?


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